Clubs and Activities

Bulldog Mentors is a student led club aimed at helping ease the transition for students who transfer to Chelsea High School in 10th through 12th grade. Bulldog Mentors volunteer to welcome new students to the culture and expectations of Chelsea High School. By connecting students who are new to the district with a CHS mentor, the hope is to create a sense of comfort and connection for incoming students. Bulldog Mentors participate in the new student orientation the week before school starts. They also participate in activities to get to know and welcome new students. Club meetings occur every other week on Thursdays during zero hour in the counseling office. Mentors stay connected with the new students throughout the year and reach out to check in. Mentors also volunteer to give new students tours or let them shadow for the day.

Contact: Daniela Bickel

Interact is a service club that is focused on helping people in our school and in our community. Some of our activities include Crop Walk, trick or treating for UNICEF, ringing bells for the Salvation Army and sleeping outside the school in boxes to raise money and awareness about homelessness.

Contact: Holly Reiser
 

Key Club International is a high school community service organization sponsored by Kiwanis International. Key Club assists Kiwanis in carrying out its mission to serve the children of the world.  Members of Key Club perform acts of service in their communities such as cleaning up parks, collecting clothing, organizing food drives, and volunteering at community events. They learn leadership skills by running meetings, planning projects and holding elected leadership positions at the club, district and international levels.  For more information go to keyclub.org

Contact: Andrea Maines
 

Link Crew is a program aimed at helping ease the transition of incoming 9th grade students to the culture and expectations of a new school environment. The Link Crew's goal is to create a sense of comfort for incoming students while also addressing the attitudes of upperclassmen towards these new students. By utilizing a structured format and highly trained leaders, this program is built on the belief that if freshmen are supported and guided by strong mentorship, this will lead to ensure success for their high school careers. This program also allows upperclassmen to develop their leadership capacity while helping freshmen with the assimilation process. The Link Crew begins with a powerful orientation program that makes freshmen excited and proud to be part of their new school and allows them to begin developing relationships and strategies that will contribute to their high school success. After orientation, the yearlong program continues by providing a variety of both academic and social follow up activities.

Contact: Claire Popovich, Rachael Wismont
 

The National Honor Society is a leading force in the community, providing leadership for students, mentor-ship and tutoring, and encouraging and facilitating service work. Membership is offered to those students who excel academically, have a record of service in the community, and show great leadership. Potential members will be contacted by the Society advisers during their junior and senior years at Chelsea High School and supplied with application materials. Current members are required to attend meetings and participate in service activities. Failure on either of these accounts will result in dismissal from the organization.
Contact: Katherine Beck
 

SRSLY is a student-led mental health and substance abuse prevention club and coalition for students who want to make a difference in their community. SRSLY provides a sense of community, leadership opportunities, and flexibility. Students who participate receive graduation cords, volunteer hours, free food, support, first choice on apparel and a chance at college scholarships. All meetings are during Bulldog Blocks to support students’ participation in other clubs and sports.

Contact: To join, DM @srsly_chs on Instagram or email Kate (SRSLY Director) at kate.ankenbauer@trinity-health.org

The purpose of Student Council is to promote school pride, develop teamwork and leadership skills, and to develop pride and commitment to the local community. Student Council members are the student body leaders of Chelsea High School. With members representing each class, the Student Council is the voice of the students.  They participate and organize school activities and facilitate communication between the student body and the school administration. Community service is also an intricate part of the Student Council.  Our members value and support their community with service events and projects.

Contact:  Melissa Taylor, Chris Orlandi
 

The CHS yearbook Club creates the entire Chelsea High School yearbook. Cover to cover, every photograph, caption, and layout is student produced, making for a genuine student publication all can take pride in!

Contact: Laura Woodruff

Not only can students just come and make art, but this year we’re planning on creating murals and being part of some community art. All students are welcome, even those who aren’t enrolled in any art courses!

Contact: Claire Popovich

Chelsea Theater Guild is a student-run club at Chelsea High School. The involved students perform two productions a year: Fall Musical and a spring play. The group also has the opportunity to learn about theater through various events and conferences.

Contact: Rachel Slupe
 

Chelsea House Orchestra is a fun space where students come together to play Celtic music. We travel, play fun gigs, and never fail to have a great time.
 

Contact: Philip Sylvester

Company C is an exciting singing, dancing, and instrumental ensemble that focuses on building dynamic performing skills in the genres of pop, rock, jazz and music theater. It is open to all CHS students. Co.C auditions are in the Fall each year, but the season of rehearsals and performances occurs from November through May. The program focuses on building supportive relationships between members that helps each individual unlock their full potential as a performer.

Contact: Kenneth Davis
 

The Creative Writing Club is a group where writers of all types and skill levels can meet for inspiration, support, and publishing opportunities.  Events to promote and share writing, such as writing marathons, nature writing outings, poetry slams, open mic nights, and author visits are held throughout the year.  

Contact: Dawn Putnam, Shawn Sinacola
 

Jazz Band is a club that focuses on improving skills with a genre of music not usually covered by high school students: jazz. It’s a great opportunity to test yourself, learn to take solos, improvise, and conquer stage fright.

Contact: Alison Roberts
 

Photography club is a club for students who want to further their photography skills past photography 2, and those who have an interest in photography but do not have the time or space in their schedules to take a photography class. In this club, members have the freedom to take their photography as seriously or as relaxed as they want. This club would act as a creative outlet for students and a place to create their own ideas and projects.

Contact: Carrie Hillis

AOTY is a student-led club, where students meet once a week for one hour after school to enjoy listening to music together. Students create album recommendations and reviews and enjoy snacks and drinks.

Contact: Daniela Bickel

Our Alumni Arbor is the brainchild of Mrs. Sinacola’s AP Literature & Composition students as a result of multiple class meetings during which climate change, why we matter, and trees were discussed. We envision planting a grove of trees outside of our school building to honor all living classes of Chelsea High School. Our Alumni Arbor affords us the opportunity to connect with a wide range of clubs and organizations within Chelsea High School and the entire Chelsea Community at large. Please join us in our endeavors to create this long-lasting legacy within our community. See Mrs. Sinacola to be added to the GroupMe. If you are interested in the environment, composting, bees, planting trees & flowers, and reducing our plastic and carbon footprint, then join the Arbor Club.

Contact: Shawn Sinacola, Holly Reiser

This group will study, discuss and read the bible with those students interested in learning about the bible.  Activities will include discussions, trivia, and group prayers.

Contact: Greg Stephens

Blue Print is CHS's student newspaper and serves as the voice of our student body. It covers student life, athletics, advice on surviving high school, and so much more. We're always looking for new writers to join our staff! Follow us on twitter @CHSBleuPrint

Contact: Laura Woodruff
 

 The Diversity and Social Awareness Club offers a space where perspectives and ideas can be shared in a safe and encouraging environment. At our meetings, we facilitate the exploration of various values and viewpoints in regards to today's issues in our school and the world. The Diversity Club has a student leadership team that plans topics and activities for our weekly after-school meetings.

Contact: Karen Kurcz
 

The fishing club will plan to have meetings once a month in the media center.  We plan on talking about fishing and plan outings together.

Contact:  Ellen Kent

The Gamers’ Guild is a place for people who love to play games to come together and PLAY! At our sessions, we play gamer favorites such as Magic, Dungeons and Dragons, chess, card games, and other board games. We enjoy learning new games and teaching them to others. The Gamers’ Guild is supported by Mrs. Kurcz (room 216), Mrs. Campbell, and some game shop sponsors. We meet regularly, weekly after school.

Contact: Karen Kurcz
 

A partnership with the University of Michigan Eisenberg Family Depression Center. P2P team members are empowered to serve as learners and educators.  The focus of P2P is to raise awareness about mental health conditions and concerns and to encourage students to seek help.  Students are welcome to join the P2P team at the beginning of each school year.  Team members attend mandatory training in the fall.  The P2P team meets on Thursdays during Bulldog Block.

Contact: Dorvia Hill

Ping pong club meets in the winter during trimester 2 and is organized by students on the tennis team. Often hosted in either the flex lab or orchestra room, the ping pong club is open to all students.

Contact:  Emma Yee

Quiz Bowl is a competitive, academic, and interscholastic activity that is best described as an academic sport. In a Quiz Bowl match, two teams compete head-to-head to answer questions from all general areas of knowledge including history, literature, science, fine arts, current events, sports, popular culture, and more. Students train twice a week together, practicing by doing mock matches, on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:00-5:00pm. During competition season, practices are on Mondays and matches are on Wednesdays. The CHS Quiz Bowl Club competes at the JV and a Varsity level with surrounding high schools in the Tri-County Quiz Bowl League.

Contact: Eric Sing
 

Chelsea Robotics is a community of Young Engineers, Mentors, Coaches and Parents spanning programs from Kindergarten through High School. The Teams are part of FIRST and partake in seasonal competitions. The mission of FIRST is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in exciting Mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life capabilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership.
 

Contact: Kepler Eberle

SAGA is student-led group that provides a safe and supportive environment for LGBTQ+ teens and allies.

Contact: Daniela Bickel
 

Spanish club is an interactive speaking environment for people seeking to learn Spanish and experienced Spanish speakers alike.

Contact:  Rachel English

Chelsea has a very active Special Olympics sports program. The mission of Special Olympics Michigan is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition for children and adults with intellectual and social disabilities. Current CHS students have the chance to join in with graduates who return to participate and compete. This year, we will play flag football and soccer in the summer, floor hockey in the fall, basketball and snowshoeing in the winter, horseshoes and bocce ball in the spring, and bowling throughout the year. Athletes of all abilities are welcome! Special Olympics teams are divisioned according to skill level so that each team has a fair chance to win. And our practices are just fun! There are also opportunities for non-Special Olympians to participate as volunteers or partner athletes through Project Unify.

Contact: Katy Fillion

STEM Club aims to get students involved in the many different aspects of the sciences through guided experiments and hands-on challenges. Mainly student-led, our curriculum is decided based on members’ interests, whether that be a focus on engineering labs, anatomy, or chemistry experiments. We meet once a week and members are free to come and join experiments and discussions as they please.

Contact: Anne Findlay